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Wild Life is the debut album by Wings, engineered by Alan Parsons. It is also
Paul McCartney's third album since the Beatles' breakup. Paul and Linda
McCartney had worked with drummer Denny Seiwell on their prior album,
Ram, and they added Denny Laine, the former leader of the Moody Blues, to
that trio to become Wings.

With a fresh set of McCartney/McCartney tunes, the newly formed Wings
quickly recorded their debut that August with the mindset that it had to be
instant and raw in order to capture the freshness and vitality of a live studio
recording. Most of the songs were recorded in one take. Paul would later cite
the quick recording schedule of Bob Dylan as an inspiration for this. Paul
handled all lead vocals, sharing those duties with Linda on "I Am Your Singer".

After a party announcing the band's formation that November, Wild Life
appeared the following month to lukewarm commercial and critical reaction.
The album reached #11 in the UK and #10 in the US, where it went gold.

One notable song, "Dear Friend", apparently an attempt at reconciliation with
John Lennon, was recorded during the Ram sessions.